Caption

Opencast lignite mine Garzweiler II, bucket wheel excavator dredging, at the edge of the opencast mine near the village of Lützerath, belongs to Erkelenz in the district of Heinsberg, in the background wind farm, and the lignite-fired power plant Neurath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Oct 07, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK24H85_443

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

117,3Mb (7,2Mb) / 26,1in x 17,4in / 7840 x 5229 (300dpi)

Keywords

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